Frederico Carlos Soares Campos (11 April 1927 – 1 March 2021) was a Brazilian politician[1] who twice served as mayor of his hometown, Cuiabá, and also served as the 45th governor of Mato Grosso.

Frederico Campos
45th Governor of Mato Grosso
In office
1979–1983
Preceded byCássio Leite de Barros [pt]
Succeeded byJúlio Campos [pt]
Mayor of Cuiabá
In office
1966–1969
In office
1989–1992
Personal details
Born
Frederico Carlos Soares Campos

11 April 1927
Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Died1 March 2021(2021-03-01) (aged 93)
Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Political partyPFL
PTB

Biography

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Campos was the nephew of General Dilermando Gomes Monteiro. He was appointed Mayor of Cuiabá by Mato Grosso governor Pedro Pedrossian, serving from 1966 to 1969. He worked in the government of Governor José Garcia Neto [pt] from 1975 to 1978. That year, President Ernesto Geisel appointed him Governor of Mato Grosso, the 45th person to hold the position.

In 1988, Campos won his first election to become Mayor of Cuiabá as a member of the Liberal Front Party, having held the seat 20 years earlier. In 2006, he ran unsuccessfully as a member of the Brazilian Labour Party to the Legislative Assembly of Mato Grosso.

Frederico Campos died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil in Cuiabá on 1 March 2021 at the age of 93.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Frederico Campos, ex-governador de MT, morre por complicações da covid-19". UOL Notícias (in Portuguese). 1 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Ex-governador de MT morre com Covid-19". G1 (in Portuguese). 1 March 2021.